Cybercrime on the rise during pandemic, but no trials completed since last year
Cybercrimes steadily increased in the state from 4,822 cases in 2019 to 5,458 cases in 2020 but the detection rate remained at 18% in both years, which is a significant drop compared to 2018 when the detection percentage was 32.8%.
In these 382 cases, the accused were convicted in 99 cases (26%) and acquitted in 283 cases (74%). (Representational) CYBERCRIME IS the only crime, apart from motor-vehicle thefts, which saw a rise during the pandemic, but the detection and conviction rate continue to be a major issue and not even a single trial of such cases has been completed in Maharashtra since 2020 till August this year.
Cybercrimes steadily increased in the state from 4,822 cases in 2019 to 5,458 cases in 2020 but the detection rate remained at 18% in both years, which is a significant drop compared to 2018 when the detection percentage was 32.8%.
Another major issue is the conviction rate. In the past seven years, 2015 to 2020, a total of 21,970 cases were registered of which only 5,513 were detected (i.e. 25%). Out of these 5,513 cases detected till 2020, trials are complete in only 382 (i.e. 7% of the cases) while the remaining are pending before courts or are under investigation.
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